Josh Hammer
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Anyway, nice to meet you, Mr. Kirk. My name's Josh. Actually, it's fitting that you ended on that with the last guy because I had a question about gender myself. I was curious. I'm not that politically engaged. You know, I hear a lot from both sides about what is a woman this, what is a woman that.
Anyway, nice to meet you, Mr. Kirk. My name's Josh. Actually, it's fitting that you ended on that with the last guy because I had a question about gender myself. I was curious. I'm not that politically engaged. You know, I hear a lot from both sides about what is a woman this, what is a woman that.
And, you know, I've heard you before say, you know, when someone asks you what a woman is, you said adult human female.
And, you know, I've heard you before say, you know, when someone asks you what a woman is, you said adult human female.
Right. So my question is, so you think a woman is someone with XX chromosomes, correct? Correct.
Right. So my question is, so you think a woman is someone with XX chromosomes, correct? Correct.
And you would define a female as somebody with XX chromosomes?
And you would define a female as somebody with XX chromosomes?
Yeah, I'm talking about females in general. That's my apology. Female, not woman. Okay, so my question is are you aware of – Intersex? No, not intersex. Not specifically. Swire syndrome. Have you heard of Swire syndrome? No. So these are people who are born functionally identical to females. They have feminine figure. They have feminine bone structure. They have ovaries. They have vaginas.
Yeah, I'm talking about females in general. That's my apology. Female, not woman. Okay, so my question is are you aware of – Intersex? No, not intersex. Not specifically. Swire syndrome. Have you heard of Swire syndrome? No. So these are people who are born functionally identical to females. They have feminine figure. They have feminine bone structure. They have ovaries. They have vaginas.
They have breasts. They don't even know that they have Swire syndrome until they hit puberty because then things get weird. Most of them happen to be infertile. Most of them. But... The catch is, despite all of these phenotypical similarities to females, they have the XY chromosome. So are they male or female if they have XY chromosomes?
They have breasts. They don't even know that they have Swire syndrome until they hit puberty because then things get weird. Most of them happen to be infertile. Most of them. But... The catch is, despite all of these phenotypical similarities to females, they have the XY chromosome. So are they male or female if they have XY chromosomes?
Correct, but functionally, bodily, they look exactly like and function exactly like females.
Correct, but functionally, bodily, they look exactly like and function exactly like females.
Yeah, there are cases of fertility.
Yeah, there are cases of fertility.
Fertility.
Fertility.
Um, no.
Um, no.